Seth Wilson game 10.
Erica Dreisbach — a web developer from Chicago, Illinois
Walt Livingston — a graduate student from Essex, Maryland
Seth Wilson — a Ph.D. candidate from Chicago, Illinois (whose 9-day cash winnings total $209,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth | $5,000 | $10,000 | $26,000 |
$22,000
10-day champion: $231,801 |
$23,000
28 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Walt | $400 | $1,000 | $6,200 |
$6,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,200
13 R, 5 W |
| Erica | $1,600 | $1,600 | $2,400 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,400
10 R, 4 W |
| QWITTER | BOOKS & AUTHORS | THE CIVIL WAR | BIG CITY NEWSPAPERS | "OOT" & ABOUT | SWEEPING THE NATION |
|
$200
[13]
In 2010 this "Born This Way" singer declared Twitter silence until an AIDS charity money goal was met; $1 million took 6 days
Lady Gaga
Seth
|
$200
[5]
Readers had to wait 13 years between his first novel "Catch-22", & his next, "Something Happened"
Joseph Heller
Seth
|
$200
[1]
The 9 1/2-month siege of Petersburg resulted in the fall of Richmond & this Virginian's surrender
Robert E. Lee
Walt
|
$200
[3]
This heavenly body in Baltimore
the Sun
Walt
|
$200
[19]
To produce a new incarnation of an old film franchise, or to start up your computer again
reboot
Seth
|
$200
[23]
Janitor Richard Montañez found the American dream--while sweeping a Calif. Frito-Lay plant, he invented Flamin' Hot these
Cheetos
Seth
|
|
$400
[14]
Will Smith's son, he quit for a bit after posts like "If A Cup Cake Falls From A Tree How Far Away Will It Be From Down. #Jupiter"
Jaden Smith
Erica
|
$400
[6]
Curtis Sittenfeld made Liz' older sister Jane a yoga instructor in "Eligible", a retelling of this classic
Pride and Prejudice
Erica
|
$400
[2]
In 1863 he published the article "Men of Color, to Arms!", urging black enlistment in the army
Frederick Douglass
Walt
|
$400
[4]
This heavenly body in Kansas City
the Star
Walt
|
$400
[20]
This slang term for a clumsy or uncouth person is often preceded by "ya big..."
galoot
Seth
Walt
|
$400
[24]
For years after its 1931 completion, its custodians turned on lights to make it look like the upper floors were in use
the Empire State Building
Seth
|
|
$600
[16]
"I'm logging off... Some Martinis shaken not stirred are definitely in order", tweeted this singer after the 2016 Oscars
Sam Smith
Seth
|
$600
[7]
After a little hocus pocus, this author's signature turns into aself-portrait
Kurt Vonnegut
Seth
|
$800
[11]
The 1862 Battle of Sharpsburg was fought over a Maryland creek that gave the fight this other name
Antietam
Walt
Erica
|
$600
[28]
This heavenly body News in San Jose
the San Jose Mercury News
Walt
|
$600
[15]
Type of "point" that's no longer relevant, as the issue has been decided
a moot point
Seth
|
$600
[25]
"Two hours of pushin' broom buys an 8-by-12 4-bit room" in this classic American song from Roger Miller
"King Of The Road"
Seth
|
|
$800
[17]
This "Avengers" & "Age of Ultron" writer-director has left the twitterverse more than once
Joss Whedon
Seth
|
$800
[8]
A socialist newspaper sent him to investigate Chicago stockyards; the result was "The Jungle"
Sinclair
Seth
|
$1,000
[12]
In December 1864 William T. Sherman wired Lincoln that he was presenting "a Christmas gift" of this port city
Savannah
Seth
|
$800
[29]
This Murdoch tabloid in New York City
the New York Post
Erica
|
$800
[21]
An Australian marsupial
a bandicoot
Walt
Erica
|
$800
[26]
No surprise--in 2016 the Labor Secy. met a tech firm janitor "who works in" this California area "but can't afford to live there"
Silicon Valley
Seth
Walt
|
|
$1,000
[18]
"I haven't been enjoying it for a while now", said this "Shaun of the Dead" writer & star, leaving it to his PR team in 2014
Simon Pegg
Seth
|
$1,000
[9]
"The Mufti Who Tried to Close Our School" is a chapter in the memoir "I Am" this person
Malala
|
DD
$1,600
[10]
These mountains divided the war into 2 main theaters: east to the Atlantic & west to the Mississippi River
the Appalachians
Seth
|
— |
$1,000
[22]
It's a short cigar that's flat rather than tapered on both ends
a cheroot
Walt
|
$1,000
[27]
In the 1980s SEIU, this union, organized the first Justice for Janitors campaign in Pittsburgh
Service Employees International Union
Walt
|
| ALLITERATION ALL AROUND | BIOLOGY | CANADIAN PROVINCES | HISTORY AS THEATER | EPONYMOUSLY YOURS | WE SELL FUN |
|
$400
[16]
Protective headgear for a construction worker
a hard hat
Seth
|
$400
[26]
During this process, a protein in the blood called fibrinogen is converted into fibrin threads
clotting
Walt
|
$400
[21]
Postal abbreviation AB, it's first alphabetically
Alberta
Seth
|
$400
[9]
In 2016, Saoirse Ronanbetook herself to this Massachusetts city in Broadway's "The Crucible"
Salem
Seth
|
$400
[3]
Thistype of transport was named for its German designer
a Zeppelin
Erica
|
$400
[1]
It's been Wonder Woman's corporate home since the 1940s
DC Comics
Erica
|
|
$800
[17]
In the '60s this old-fashioned style of eyewear was popular with hippies & John Lennon
granny glasses
Walt
|
$800
[27]
First found in French bakeries, Neurospora crassa, a type of this fungus, led to many genetics discoveries
bread mold
|
$800
[22]
With 13.5 million people, it has the largest population of any province
Ontario
Seth
|
$800
[10]
"Murder in the Cathedral" by T.S. Eliot is about this man's slaying in 1170
Thomas à Becket
Seth
|
$800
[4]
Around 1830 this man who created an eponymous cracker unveiled a high-fiber diet
(Sylvester) Graham
Erica
|
$800
[2]
This company that introduced fiberglass skis is named for a very high mountain & for brothers Bill & Don Kirschner
K2 Sports
|
|
$1,200
[18]
Thomas Hunt Morgan, who won a Nobel Prize for his work on heredity, used these insects in his studies
fruit flies
Walt
|
$1,200
[28]
In the eye the size of this round opening is controlled by dilator & sphincter muscles
a pupil
Erica
|
$1,200
[23]
Nova Scotia & this province each have another nationality in their name
British Columbia
Erica
|
$1,600
[12]
Ted Tally's play "Terra Nova" is based on journals & letters found on the frozen body of this Antarctic explorer
Robert Falcon Scott
Erica
|
$1,200
[5]
A 16th century Portuguese navigator lends his name to these galactic clouds that his crew first recorded
the Magellanic clouds (Magellan accepted)
Walt
|
$1,200
[6]
The social games Farmville & Words with Friends were developed by this end-of-the-alphabet company
Zynga
|
|
$1,600
[19]
Alton Brown's recipe for Welsh rarebit calls for 11/2 cups of this, shredded
Cheddar cheese
Walt
|
$1,600
[29]
An epitope is the site on an antigen like a bacterium where this protective type of protein binds & attacks
an antibody
Seth
Erica
|
$1,600
[24]
Seen here, it's the only one of the three Prairie Provinces that borders Hudson Bay
Manitoba
Erica
|
$2,000
[13]
Not compromising with Henry VIII proves fatal for Sir Thomas More in this Robert Bolt drama
A Man for All Seasons
Seth
|
$1,600
[14]
More than 1 in 100 Americans over 65 have this condition including tremors, named for physician James
Parkinson's disease
Seth
|
$1,600
[7]
Aerobed is part of this camping company
Coleman
Erica
|
|
$2,000
[20]
Rock on with this semiprecious stone seen here
lapis lazuli
Seth
|
$2,000
[30]
Only about 1 1/3 inches long & less than 1/10th of an inch in diameter, it ventilates the middle ear to keep pressure normal
the Eustachian tube
Walt
|
$2,000
[25]
Made up of 2 parts & only joining the confederation in 1949, it's the newest of Canada's 10 provinces
Newfoundland and Labrador
Seth
Walt
|
DD
$3,200
[11]
Sara Jane Moore & John Hinckley show up & sing in this Sondheim musical
Assassins
Seth
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
These are the 2 South American countries named for a real person
Bolivia & Colombia
Seth
|
$2,000
[8]
Dungeons & Dragons comes from the company called these "Wizards"
Wizards of the Coast
Seth
|
Created in 1971, this company's logo has been likened to a wing & was supposed to connote motion
Nike